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Politics

-- It is necessary to issue a law on belief and religion, which are among the rights guaranteed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, to which Vietnam is a member, lawmakers said during a National Assembly’s Standing Committee meeting in Hanoi on Friday.

Society

-- Police in the south-central province of Binh Thuan are hunting for two men who stabbed and robbed a driver of VND60 million (US$2,760) when he was sleeping in a truck parked in the province’s Phan Thiet City on Friday, in an assault recorded by the security camera of a nearby company.

-- Dao Thien Thang, a local watchman in Duc Hoa Ha commune in the southern province of Long An, was shot to the chest by a wooden arrow from a homemade electric arbalest by a dog thief during his patrol early Friday.

-- A 29-year-old woman was found dead in the toilet of her house in the southern province of Binh Thuan on Friday morning in what appears to be a serious hemorrhage following self-abortion, according to police.

Business

-- The administration of the central province of Quang Binh signed Friday two memorandums with FLC Group and An Viet Infrastructure Investment and Development JSC, both based in Hanoi, on two separate golf course projects, with total investment estimated at VND1.75 trillion ($80.5 million).

Education

-- Local teachers of a foreign language at senior high schools in Ho Chi Minh City must obtain a level-B certificate of another foreign language, the city’s administration has ruled, in approving a proposal by the Department of Home Affairs.

Lifestyle

-- A photo contest and exhibition themed “Khám phá Việt Nam” (Vietnam Discovery) was launched Friday by the Department of Fine Arts, Photography and Exhibition under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on Friday, encouraging entries by both Vietnamese citizens and foreigners.

Sports

-- The Vietnam Motor Cub Prix tournament will gather 96 professional riders to compete for the Flat Track Open Championship at the Phu Tho Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City at 2:00 pm on Saturday. This is the first time that the tournament has been launched again since 1998.

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